Today Sally Beatty wrote a Wall Street Journal article on: effectiveness. Yes, on the ability of donors to track the effectiveness of the charities they give to. Annie E. Casey, Edna McConnell Clark and Latin American Youth Center were all included as was Youth Villages.  We don’t need to editorialize it—just go read it. Accountability, measurability and effectiveness are beginning to enter the national dialogue. SS of the NYT also wrote today — on GiveWell. And, philanthrophy.com reports that the exec director of Charity Navigator is leaving. We link to Trent’s site so you can hear it straight from him.